Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 7pm, 2007
IWL Night 3: Thy Tran, Uchechi Kalu, and IWL participants
IWL Night 3: Thy Tran, Uchechi Kalu, and IWL participants
A collaboration of Kearny Street Workshop, Intersection for the Arts, and Galerķa de la Raza
Admission: $5 - 15 sliding scale
Join Kearny Street Workshop, Galerķa de la Raza, and Intersection for the Arts for the second night of the 4th annual 2007 Intergenerational Writers Lab, a literary program to explore multiple forms of creative expression and generate new work. The program features three months of workshops led by seven lead artists, and four public readings and performances.
The second public IWL 2007 event is on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007, at Galeria de la Raza, and features readings and performances from poet and performer Uchechi Kalu, essayist and critic Thy Tran , and IWL 2007 participants.
Location: Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th Street, @ Bryant Street,
Born in Abia State, Nigeria, Uchechi Kalu was raised in Missouri, Texas and Massachusetts and mentored by the late June Jordan at the University of California, Berkeley. She has performed her poetry and taught at universities, high schools, prisons and community centers around the country. She is also a recipient of a Hedgebrook residency for women writers on Whidbey Island in Washington State. Her first book, Flowers Blooming Against A Bruised Gray Sky, was published by Whit Press in Fall 2006. www.uchechikalu.com san francisco
Thy Tran writes literary nonfiction about food, its rituals and the many ways it both connects and separates us. Her features have appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Thy's website, wanderingspoon.com, highlights her travels, while her writings in the culture and history of food have appeared in books such as Asia in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Cultural Travel Guide and the award-winning Kitchen Companion. Trained as a professional chef, she works on cookbooks by day, then creates chapbooks by night. A letterpress and two cabinets of type occupy a corner of her studio, and she is as committed to the art of bookmaking as she is to the power of words themselves.
The 2007 Intergenerational Writers Lab is supported by a grant from the Irvine Foundation.
A collaboration of Kearny Street Workshop, Intersection for the Arts, and Galerķa de la Raza
Admission: $5 - 15 sliding scale
Join Kearny Street Workshop, Galerķa de la Raza, and Intersection for the Arts for the second night of the 4th annual 2007 Intergenerational Writers Lab, a literary program to explore multiple forms of creative expression and generate new work. The program features three months of workshops led by seven lead artists, and four public readings and performances.
The second public IWL 2007 event is on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007, at Galeria de la Raza, and features readings and performances from poet and performer Uchechi Kalu, essayist and critic Thy Tran , and IWL 2007 participants.
Location: Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th Street, @ Bryant Street,
Born in Abia State, Nigeria, Uchechi Kalu was raised in Missouri, Texas and Massachusetts and mentored by the late June Jordan at the University of California, Berkeley. She has performed her poetry and taught at universities, high schools, prisons and community centers around the country. She is also a recipient of a Hedgebrook residency for women writers on Whidbey Island in Washington State. Her first book, Flowers Blooming Against A Bruised Gray Sky, was published by Whit Press in Fall 2006. www.uchechikalu.com san francisco
Thy Tran writes literary nonfiction about food, its rituals and the many ways it both connects and separates us. Her features have appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Thy's website, wanderingspoon.com, highlights her travels, while her writings in the culture and history of food have appeared in books such as Asia in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Cultural Travel Guide and the award-winning Kitchen Companion. Trained as a professional chef, she works on cookbooks by day, then creates chapbooks by night. A letterpress and two cabinets of type occupy a corner of her studio, and she is as committed to the art of bookmaking as she is to the power of words themselves.
The 2007 Intergenerational Writers Lab is supported by a grant from the Irvine Foundation.
for more visit http://kearnystreet.org/programs/calendar/2007_05.html#23
